2 Kings 23:12-14

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹² The king tore down the altars that the kings of Judah had made on the roof^(A) of Ahaz’s upper chamber.^(B) He also tore down the altars that Manasseh had made^(C) in the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple. Then he smashed them^[a] there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley. ¹³ The king also defiled the high places that were opposite Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Destruction, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth, the abhorrent idol of the Sidonians; for Chemosh, the abhorrent idol of Moab; and for Milcom, the detestable idol of the Ammonites.^{(D) 14} He broke the sacred pillars into pieces,^(E) cut down the Asherah poles,^(F) then filled their places with human bones.